OBIT: Samuel A. STEEL, 1903, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
Samuel A. Steel, one of Huntingdon's Respected and Prominent Citizens.

  Samuel A. Steel, one of Huntingdon's most prominent citizens, in 
despondency over his continued ill health, took his own life on Sunday 
morning.  For a year past Mr. Steel had suffered from an affliction of 
the throat, which rendered it almost impossible for him to speak.  
Recently a nervous trouble of the stomach and made his condition more 
alarming, and led him to worry and brood over his affliction.  Though 
he had been treated by the most eminent physicians of Philadelphia, he 
could not secure any benefit whatever, and his condition continued to 
grow worse.
  He could not get his mind free from contemplation of his physical 
ailments, but he gave no indication Sunday morning of more serious 
worry than usual or of suicidal intent.  It was about 11 o'clock when 
Mrs. Steel had occasion to go to the attic and there she found her 
husband dead from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head.
  The deceased is survived by his wife, four sons and three daughters. 
One son, Chalmers A. Steel, resides in Tyrone.  The other children, 
Harry E., Robert, Landis, Mary, Elizabeth and Cora, all reside in 
Huntingdon.  Mr. Steel was one of the most prominent and popular 
citizens of Huntingdon, and was a leader in public life.  For many 
years he was prothonotary of Huntingdon county and he was deputy 
prothonotary at the time of his death.  He was also a member of the 
board of managers of the Huntingdon Reformatory.  Mr. Steel, long a 
familiar figure in state politics, was the recognized Republican leader 
of his county, and his election as state senator was regarded as 
probable for next year.  His father and grandfather had each served as 
postmaster of Huntingdon.  Mr. Steel was veteran of the Civil War.  He 
was aged 59 years, 8 months and 9 days.

The Tyrone Herald, Thursday, December 24, 1903